Adrian Mateos opened from early position to 80,000 before Francisco Benitez three-bet to 250,000 and called for his tournament life when Mateos moved all in as the bigger stack.
Francisco Benitez: Q♥Q♦
Adrian Mateos: A♣K♠
Mateos made two pair on the A♠K♣3♦ flop to take the lead. Benitez found no help on the 2♦ turn or 3♥ river and was eliminated from the Feature Table.
Jamil Wakil raised to 90,000 on the button and Jonathan Pastore defended his big blind.
Both players checked the 4♠6♣6♦ flop and Pastore led out for 80,000 on the 5♦ turn. Wakil called.
The river was the 10♣ and Pastore bet another 100,000. Wakil again called, then mucked when Pastore showed 7♦5♠ for two pair.
Philipp Wenzelburger looked down at A♠10♠ from under the gun and made it 80,000. Derk van Luijk had A♥10♦ in the small blind and called. Rania Nasreddine did the same from the big blind with K♥7♥.
Nasreddine made top pair on the 7♣4♦2♥ flop. Van Luijk checked before Nazreddine led out for 100,000. Wenzelburger then clicked it to 230,000. Van Luijk folded and Nasreddine called.
The J♥ came in on the turn, and Nasreddine checked. Wenzelburger fired out 275,000 and was called once more.
Nasreddine then took in the pot after the 6♠ river checked through to showdown.
Boris Angelov initiated the action with a raise to 90,000 from the hijack position, which was called by Jamil Wakil in the big blind.
On the 9♠5♣3♣ flop, Wakil opted to check-call Angelov's bet of 180,000.
Both players checked the 8♣ turn.
Wakil invested three time bank cards before eventually deciding to bet 800,000 on the 7♠ river, a bet that Angelov promptly called.
In the showdown, Wakil revealed A♣3♥ for a pair of threes, while Angelov completed his straight with J♥10♣ on the river.
Chip leader Philipp Wenzelburger got involved for the first time, opening K♥10♥ to 80,000 from the hijack. Adrian Mateos three-bet to 250,000 from the button which pushed out the blinds. Wenzelburger called with his dominated hand.
Neither player connected on the 7♦5♦4♥ flop and Wenzelburger folded to a bet of 320,000.
Nathan Tetart raised to 80,000 under the gun, Javier Caballo three-bet to 180,000 in early position, and Tetart called.
The flop came Q♥6♦3♠ and Caballo bet 125,000. Tetart then moved all in for 540,000 and Caballo snap-called.
Nathan Tetart: K♣Q♣
Javier Caballo: K♠K♥
Tetart had flopped top pair, but he was left drawing only to two outs after running into Caballo's kings. The board ran out 2♣J♣ and Tetart was sent to the rail.
Niclas Thumm opened to 80,000 from middle position with A♦J♥ and Jonathan Guedes defended from the big blind with 5♣4♦.
Action checked through to the river for the board to show 3♦3♣7♣K♣5♠.
Guedes, now with the best hand, bet 60,000. Thumm got curious and called with his ace-high and then mucked.
David Docherty found himself in the under the gun position, faced with the decision to either go all in immediately or automatically be forced all in in the next hand. Exhausting all four of his remaining time bank cards, he ultimately chose to push all his chips into the pot. Natan Chauskin, positioned on the button, decided to call, while Boris Angelov, in the big blind, opted to check.
Neither Angelov nor Chauskin took further action on the 10♥5♦2♠J♠9♠ board, leading to a showdown.
David Docherty: K♦8♥
Boris Angelov: K♥4♥
Natan Chauskin: 9♣7♣
Chauskin's pair of nines dominated both opponents, ultimately leading to Docherty's elimination from the tournament.
Jovan Kenjic opened K♦9♦ to 80,000 from the hijack. Francisco Benitez and Rania Nasreddine called from the hijack and big blind with 6♥6♦ and 8♥7♥, respectively.
Kenjic took the lead on the 9♣4♠2♣ flop and continued for 100,000. Only Benitez called.
The 3♠ turn saw action check through to the 10♦ river. Kenjic bet 350,000 and Benitez got away from his pocket pair.
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